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Professional
Ask Before You Give
Before giving feedback, ask recipient what type of feedback they want this week.
Professional
Eat the Frog First
Start your day with the hardest, ugliest task before anything else — nothing scary remains for the rest of the day.
Digital & AI
Ask Model to Critique Itself
After each output, ask: "What are 3 weaknesses in this answer? How to improve?" — use its intelligence against itself.
Digital & AI
Ask the Model to Write the Prompt
Don't know how to ask? Ask: "What's the best prompt to get X?" — it writes a prompt better than any expert.
Social
The Precise Mentor Request
Do not ask "will you be my mentor?". Ask "30 minutes on one specific question" and repeat in a month if it works.
Social
Specific Request
Instead of "be better", request "reply to my message within 24h".
Digital & AI
Plan Before Execute: Outline Then Run
Ask the model to write a numbered plan first and wait for your approval before executing.
Psychological
DEAR MAN for Effective Asking
Seven elements that turn a confused request into a clear respectful message that can be refused without breaking the relationship.
Psychological
Self-Energy Meeting
Beneath noisy parts is a calm curious compassionate "Self" — meet it.
Professional
BLUF Email (Bottom Line Up Front)
Start every email with one sentence containing the bottom line and the ask — recipients reply 3x faster.
Professional
Eat the Frog
Hardest task is your first morning act — before email, before everything.
Professional
Slide-Last Writing
Write conclusion and message before opening PowerPoint — saves 70%.
Professional
Opportunity Cost Audit
For each "yes" this week, write the implicit "no" that came with it.
Professional
Risk-Probability Matrix
Place each risk on 2x2: probability × impact — treat high/high first.
Professional
Pay Yourself First
On payday, auto-transfer 10-20% to savings/investing before any expense.
Professional
Pyramid Principle
Start with conclusion, then 3 arguments, then details per argument — top-down.
Social
Five-Layer Boundary Map
Map your boundaries across five layers (physical, emotional, time, material, digital) on a single page.
Social
Build an I-Statement in Four Parts
Frame your stance as: "When [behavior] I feel [feeling] because I need [value] and I request [ask]".
Social
Broken Record for Repeated Pressure
Repeat the same refusal in the same words calmly, no matter how the other person reshapes the pressure.
Social
The Apology-Free No
Say no in three sentences: thanks, refusal, closing — with no "sorry" or justification.
Social
Validate the Feeling Before Advice
Name your speaker's feeling and confirm it is reasonable, before you propose any solution.
Social
The Ready-No Sentence
Memorize one 7-word refusal sentence and rehearse it until it emerges automatically under pressure.
Social
Broken Record
When pressured to retract, repeat request calmly same words — don't explain more.
Social
No Without Apology
Say "no, I can't" — complete sentence. No explanation, no apology.
Social
Master Voice Notes
Use voice notes efficiently: under 90 sec, segmented, title-first.
Administrative
Inversion Thinking
Instead of "how do I succeed?", ask "how would I fail confidently?" — then avoid each item.
Digital & AI
BLUF: Bottom Line Up Front
First line of email: answer/request/decision. Context after. Cuts read time 70%.
Psychological
Outsider Witness Map
Ask 3 who know you to tell you "who you are in their eyes" — discover forgotten self.
Professional
Mentor Search
Don't ask "be my mentor" — ask "20 min on specific decision" 6 times until relationship becomes natural.
Professional
Third-Party Introduction
Instead of cold outreach, ask mutual connection for warm intro with ready phrasing.
Social
Let Me Think and Get Back to You
Do not commit on the spot. Request 24 hours to think before any new obligation.
Social
Fundraising Ask With Dignity
Ask for donation or support for a community project with "value-first" and a specific story.
Leadership
Finding a Mentor Practically
Instead of "will you be my mentor?", request a specific 30-min meeting around one question.
Leadership
Feedforward Coaching
Instead of feedback on the past, ask reports for future suggestions — less defensiveness, higher application.
Leadership
Mini 360 Feedback
Ask 8 people around you 3 questions: what do I do well? what should I stop? what would you stop me from doing if you saw?
Leadership
Building Your Manager's Trust Incrementally
Request one small, measurable step of greater responsibility, deliver it with documented excellence, then request the next step — not one big leap at once.
Leadership
Managing a Boss Who Is Never Around
When your manager is consistently unavailable, request a fixed weekly "decision window" instead of waiting for a spontaneous moment that won't come.
Parenting
The Full Day Story
Ask your child to recount his day from the first moment without interruption, once a week.
Parenting
Listening to Children's Stories (Paley)
Ask your child to tell a story, write it verbatim, read it back. He'll think you're magic.
Parenting
Feynman Technique
Ask your child to explain what he learned in simplest words — teach him "how to know".
Digital & AI
Chain-of-Thought: "Think Step by Step"
Ask the model to decompose the problem and show its reasoning before answering, raising accuracy on complex tasks.
Digital & AI
Structured JSON Output
Request output as JSON with a defined schema to enable automated processing without manual parsing.
Digital & AI
Self-Critique: Review Your Own Answer
After the model answers, ask it to critique its own answer and improve it before final delivery.
Digital & AI
Reframe With "Explain Like I am 5"
Ask the model to explain a complex idea to a 5-year-old, then raise the level gradually.
Digital & AI
Socratic AI Tutor
Ask the model to question you instead of answering, surfacing and deepening your understanding.
Digital & AI
AI-vs-AI Critique
Feed one model's output to another and request harsh critique. Disagreements expose weak points.
Digital & AI
Fact-Grounding Strategies
Every factual AI claim = ask for a source. No source = don't use.
Digital & AI
AI Editing Pass
After YOU write, ask AI for 3 improvements only. Don't let it "rephrase".
Digital & AI
Chain-of-Thought Prompting
Ask the model to "think out loud" step by step before the final answer, especially for logic and math problems.
Digital & AI
AI-Assisted Spaced Retrieval
After a Socratic learning session, ask AI to generate retrieval questions at increasing intervals (1 day, 3 days, a week) instead of relying on random memory.
Digital & AI
AI-Assisted Decision Journaling
Before a big decision, ask AI to surface your biases through questions (not give the answer), then log the decision and prediction for later review.
Digital & AI
Using AI as Your Plan's Devil's Advocate
Before executing a major decision, ask AI to attack your plan with the strongest possible arguments — not politely agree with it.
Digital & AI
Data Broker Opt-Out Sweep
Search your name on data broker sites (which sell your info to advertisers) and systematically request removal.
Digital & AI
Fact-Checking AI-Generated Statistics
For any specific statistic AI provides ("73% of people..."), first ask for the precise source, then verify it directly before use.
Digital & AI
Red-Teaming Your Own AI-Assisted Work
After completing AI-assisted work (report, presentation, plan), ask AI itself to attack the work as a strict external critic before submission.